Literacy - total population 2024 Country Ranks by Rank, %


SOURCE: 2024 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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RankCountryValueDate of Info
106 Afghanistan37N/A
15 Albania98N/A
69 Algeria81N/A
1 Andorra100N/A
83 Angola71N/A
10 Antigua and Barbuda99N/A
10 Argentina99N/A
3 Armenia100N/A
20 Aruba98N/A
3 Azerbaijan100N/A
22 Bahrain98N/A
78 Bangladesh75N/A
5 Barbados100N/A
2 Belarus100N/A
103 Benin46N/A
84 Bhutan71N/A
46 Bolivia93N/A
17 Bosnia and Herzegovina98N/A
57 Botswana89N/A
42 Brazil95N/A
21 Brunei98N/A
15 Bulgaria98N/A
102 Burkina Faso46N/A
54 Burma89N/A
79 Burundi75N/A
51 Cabo Verde91N/A
64 Cambodia84N/A
75 Cameroon77N/A
11 Cayman Islands99N/A
105 Central African Republic38N/A
109 Chad27N/A
24 Chile97N/A
26 China97N/A
35 Colombia96N/A
92 Comoros62N/A
72 Congo Democratic Republic of the80N/A
71 Congo Republic of the81N/A
18 Costa Rica98N/A
52 Cote d'Ivoire90N/A
7 Croatia99N/A
4 Cuba100N/A
7 Cyprus99N/A
10 Czechia99N/A
37 Dominican Republic95N/A
43 Ecuador95N/A
81 Egypt73N/A
54 El Salvador89N/A
36 Equatorial Guinea95N/A
76 Eritrea77N/A
2 Estonia100N/A
58 Eswatini88N/A
99 Ethiopia52N/A
9 Fiji99N/A
63 Gabon86N/A
95 Gambia The58N/A
22 Gaza Strip98N/A
5 Georgia100N/A
73 Ghana79N/A
19 Greece98N/A
1 Greenland100N/A
13 Grenada99N/A
65 Guatemala83N/A
104 Guinea45N/A
98 Guinea-Bissau53N/A
55 Guyana89N/A
93 Haiti62N/A
57 Honduras89N/A
9 Hungary99N/A
80 India74N/A
31 Indonesia96N/A
56 Iran89N/A
62 Iraq86N/A
20 Israel98N/A
8 Italy99N/A
56 Jamaica89N/A
15 Jordan98N/A
3 Kazakhstan100N/A
67 Kenya83N/A
1 Korea North100N/A
29 Kuwait97N/A
5 Kyrgyzstan100N/A
59 Laos87N/A
2 Latvia100N/A
38 Lebanon95N/A
70 Lesotho81N/A
101 Liberia48N/A
50 Libya91N/A
3 Lithuania100N/A
23 Macau97N/A
74 Madagascar77N/A
87 Malawi67N/A
39 Malaysia95N/A
19 Maldives98N/A
107 Mali36N/A
40 Malta95N/A
16 Marshall Islands98N/A
88 Mauritania67N/A
49 Mauritius92N/A
37 Mexico95N/A
5 Moldova100N/A
8 Mongolia99N/A
10 Montenegro99N/A
77 Morocco76N/A
91 Mozambique63N/A
48 Namibia92N/A
82 Nepal71N/A
25 New Caledonia97N/A
67 Nicaragua83N/A
106 Niger37N/A
92 Nigeria62N/A
15 North Macedonia98N/A
34 Oman96N/A
96 Pakistan58N/A
28 Palau97N/A
34 Panama96N/A
90 Papua New Guinea64N/A
43 Paraguay95N/A
43 Peru95N/A
30 Philippines96N/A
3 Poland100N/A
32 Portugal96N/A
47 Puerto Rico92N/A
45 Qatar94N/A
11 Romania99N/A
4 Russia100N/A
77 Rwanda76N/A
9 Samoa99N/A
2 San Marino100N/A
41 Sao Tome and Principe95N/A
21 Saudi Arabia98N/A
97 Senegal56N/A
6 Serbia100N/A
32 Seychelles96N/A
100 Sierra Leone49N/A
22 Singapore98N/A
4 Slovenia100N/A
39 South Africa95N/A
108 South Sudan35N/A
13 Spain99N/A
48 Sri Lanka92N/A
94 Sudan61N/A
39 Suriname95N/A
61 Syria86N/A
14 Taiwan99N/A
3 Tajikistan100N/A
68 Tanzania82N/A
44 Thailand94N/A
86 Timor-Leste68N/A
89 Togo67N/A
7 Tonga99N/A
10 Trinidad and Tobago99N/A
66 Tunisia83N/A
27 Turkey (Turkiye)97N/A
4 Turkmenistan100N/A
73 Uganda79N/A
1 Ukraine100N/A
17 United Arab Emirates98N/A
12 Uruguay99N/A
1 Uzbekistan100N/A
54 Vanuatu89N/A
22 Venezuela98N/A
33 Vietnam96N/A
22 West Bank98N/A
85 Yemen70N/A
60 Zambia87N/A
53 Zimbabwe90N/A

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